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Stackoverflow 2025 Developer Survey, OS Usage
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7 Comments
RamRabbit@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 246d
It's very weird that Linux is broken up into Ubuntu, Debian, Arch, Linux (non-WSL), Fedora, etc, etc. but none of the other OSes are. Example: Windows isn't broken into Server 2022, Server 2025, Windows 10 home, Windows 10 iot, Windows 10 S, etc, etc.
It's very hard to tell what the total numbers are as you can't just add these together, since an indivdual might use several.
danielquinn@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 246d
I suspect it's because they allowed users to select multiple, 'cause if you add all the personal Linuxes together, you get 61% on their own.
Regardless, it's actually looking really good for Team Free Software.
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 246d
gotta make microsoft happy to help you survive as the world embraces ai for the same reasons they used to embrace your content.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 247d
That kind of chart is useless for fractions. Give me a pie with multiple layers or a flamegraph.
DieserTypMatthias@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 246d
Unix and Unix-like OSes are better anyway than Windows.
PushButton@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
More people on Debian than Arch BTW for personal use?
Color me surprised...
testman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 246d
lol why bother with same OS category when you can just compare across whichever fields you want